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February 2008

The Song of the Leap Year (no Real Estate today!)

February 29, 2008

Happy Leap Day! Once a week here on ChrisDavies.ca I’ll post about something completely unrelated to real estate, money, the economy, or work. For now it’s going to be the Song of the Week. Remember, balance is vital to everything, and that means taking at least one day off each week. This week at work [...]

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Three reasons to put the phone down instead of calling your property manager (and three great tips!)

February 26, 2008

After Monday’s post about finding cash flow positive real estate investments, I spent an hour or so on Tuesday night and put my favorite three (plus one that was in the same complex) through the property analyzer. One wasn’t going be -$120 in the first year, and $5 after the ‘normal’ rent increase. 2 of [...]

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Six Steps to Finding Cashflow Creek (and two bonus steps)

February 25, 2008

The secret to investing in Real Estate is Cash Flow. If you get some cash out each month/quarter, you’ll be able to continue to invest. If not, you’ll be stuck nursing along your one property and never make any progress towards your own personal Belize. Because I hear and read a lot of new investors [...]

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Why invest in Alberta?

February 23, 2008

Yes, it’s a video made by the provincial government. Yes, there’s a limit to how much development I want. Yes, I am concerned and interested in the environment. And yes, they’re going to invest a heck of a lot of money. Please notice Edmonton as being a very, very important hub.

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Covey, Coffee and a Tub

February 20, 2008

I just got out of the bathtub* where I was reading Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change.** I read something that resonated in the context of real estate and the experiences of the past couple of weeks. Something you hear from all new investors, REIN members and [...]

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It is your destiny….

February 19, 2008

Well, not quite. After I left Edmonton to move to Kelowna I was quite happy to be rid of the property management industry. I love my new job with a SEO/SEM company here. Mom and Dad are rapidly moving towards living their personal Belize, and we’re able to laugh more and more about the crazy [...]

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Credit where credit is due

February 18, 2008

I’m back in Kelowna after attending REIN’s QuickStart with my parents (Brent and Leigh). I had a great time, learned a lot and met tons of amazing people. The best part of the weekend was much closer to home. I love my parents and I’ve never been as proud of them, and enjoyed their company, [...]

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My Belize is in Italy

February 17, 2008

There’s a market two streets over so as soon as I’m done writing this Megan and I are going to take the kids a go buy some food for the party tomorrow. It’s handy to have a market so close and I’m getting used to buying food every day or two instead of going to [...]

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